NASA Nighttime Photos Show Drilling Rig Hot Spots

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Large cities and major interstate highways are readily identifiable. But what’s going on in South Texas, West Texas and North Dakota?

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Baker-Hughes, a major service company, has an online rig locator. In the detail maps below, each blue triangle represents an active rig targeting oil; red circles represent rigs targeting gas.

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